Plastic Product Material and Process Selection Handbook

Plastic Product Material and Process Selection Handbook

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 1-618

  Rosato, Dominick V ^a,b,c   Rosato, Donald V ^d,e   Rosato, Matthew V ^e,f  

^a Air Force Materials Laboratory   (United States)

^b Raymark   (United States)

^c Ingersoll Rand   (United States)

^d PlastiSource Inc   (United States)

^e Plastics FALLO   (United States)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICAL EQUIPMENT; ELASTOMERS; PRODUCT DESIGN; REVIEWS;

FABRICATING PROCESS; LOGICAL APPROACHES; MEDICAL DEVICES; PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS; PLASTIC MATERIALS; PRODUCT MATERIALS;

PLASTIC PRODUCTS;

EID: 84941627857     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-1-85617-431-2.X5000-2     Document Type: Book

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